Power Shift argues Southern Rim overtaking Northeast
Guest editorial cites Kirkpatrick Sale’s Power Shift arguing the economic and political power is moving to the South and Southwest. It notes Census Bureau and Conference Board data showing industrial value added and population growth pivoting from the Northeast to the Southern Rim, with a $400 billion GNP if it were a nation.
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Conference Board
Census Bureau
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Carolina
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
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Arizona
Nevada
California
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Russia
Cincinnati Symphony Signs With Vox Records
The Cincinnati Symphony signs a two year deal with Vox Records. Three albums will be recorded in 1975 76 and four in 1976 77. The first session conducted by Thomas Schippers will feature Rossini Stabat Mater marking the orchestra’s first recordings in nearly five years.
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Cincinnati Symphony
VOX Cincinnati
Vox Records
Thomas Schippers
Symphony
Obituaries List From Hartselle and Surrounding Areas
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices for residents of Somerville Hartselle Decatur Town Creek and nearby areas. Includes Jennie H Breeding 92 Somerville burial at Center Springs United Methodist Church with surviving son Humphrey Breeding and daughter Laura Yates, and five month old Douglas Paul Helms of Somerville funeral at Center Springs Methodist Church. Also notices for Thomas Shannon Kemp 69 Seattle Leonard Leroy Murray 80 Hillsboro Mahlon Young Norton 39 Town Creek Eleanor Burleson Scruggs 85 Decatur Holden Lester Sloan 71 Huntsville with service details and survivors.
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Jennie Breeding Hartselle
Jennie H. Breeding
Somerville
Cullman
Center Springs United Methodist Church
Norman Stafford
Peck Funeral Home
Humphrey Breeding
Laura Yates
Hartselle
C.B. Humphrey
Ruth Johnson
Annie Windsor
Douglas Paul Helms
Melvin Gene Helms
Center Springs Methodist Church
Red Oak
J. C. Whitten
Shelton Funeral Home
Debra Jean Helms
Clara Moody
J. D. Moody
Decatur
Annie Waddell
Thomas Kemp
Thomas Shannon Kemp
Seattle
Brown
Paul Whaler
Roselawn
Mabel Kemp
Brenda Sabistana
Shirley Casper
Mary Cummings
Akron
Gerald Craig
Ralph Craig
Tacoma
Wash
Wayne Craig
Valdez
Alaska
Clarence Kemp
Kate Collier
Huntsville
Georgetta Hamner
Carl McDonald
Steve Bailey
Bailes Collier
Lee Billions
Otis Phillips
Earl Peete
Kemp
6Th Avenue Church of God
Leonard Murray
Hillsboro
Leonard Leroy Murray
Corinth Baptist Church
Joel Jones
Silas Lang
Elliot Funeral Home
Maude Murray
Esta Buck
Town Creek
Mahlon Young Norton
St. Vincent's Hospital
Birmingham
Courtland Methodist Church
David Nelson
Courtland Cemetery
Linda Norton
Town Creek 2
Angela Gargis
Melissa Letson
Barry Norton
Bobby Letson
Louise Norton
Courtland
Zella Ray
Elizabeth Norton
Peggy Nell Terry
Rebecca Raines
Muscle Shoals
Robert Riley Norton
Moulton
Roy Wayne Norton
Ostego
Mich
Roger Dale Norton
Donald Norton
Rosie Norton
Truman Hill
Nathaniel Randolph
Ronnie Manley
Billy Grassity
Jimmy Sapp
Dossey Morris
Dana Lynn Terry
Junior Bradford
John Bradford
Doug Carlton
Norton
Eleanor Burleson Scruggs
Decatur Cemetery
Ralph Stout
Brown Service Funeral Home
Carolyn Griffith
Luray
Margie
Seonaker
Keyser
W. Va
Burleson Scruggs
Thhree
Ferrell Martin
Hoye Martin
Kyle Martin
Athens
Holden Lester Sloan
Chestnut Rd
Spry Funeral Home Chapel
William Saxton
Wesley Chapel
Spry
Effie Sloan
Edwin Gleer
Freeman
Ohio
Lamar
Ministerial Officers Elected 1976 in Decatur Association
The Decatur Ministerial Association announced 1976 officers. Captain Harry Foden serves as president from Salvation Army, W. T. Washington as vice president from Kings Memorial United Methodist Church, and Father Patrick O'Donoghue as secretary treasurer from St. Ann's Catholic Church.
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Decatur Ministerial Association
Harry Foden
Salvation Army
W. T. Washington
King’s Memorial United Methodist Church
Patrick O'Donoghue
St. Ann's Catholic Church
Warm Sunday Forecast for North Alabama
After a frosty week North Alabama enjoys a warm sunny Friday with unseasonably mild highs in the upper 60s and night lows near mid 50s. Clouds will thicken tonight through Sunday increasing rain chances to 30 percent with southerly winds 8 to 16 mph. A system eases Tuesday with partly cloudy skies before rain moves back in Wednesday.
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North Alabama
Rev B J Carter to Lead Advent Service at FUMC
Rev B J Carter pastor of Austinville United Methodist Church will lead the third of four community noonday Advent services at First United Methodist Church from 12 05 p m to 12 30 p m A lunch at 1 75 will follow in the fellowship hall Carter previously served in Mentone Florence Calera Springfield and Fort Mitchell Ky He and wife Marie have three daughters Kathy Kerren and Kelli The church sits at Lafayette and Canal Streets NE invites the public
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B.J. Carter
Austinville
Marie
West Decatur
Kathy
Kerren
Kelli
Lafayette and
Canal Sts
Community Christmas events fill Morgan Decatur area
Local groups sponsor concerts plays films and church programs across Morgan and adjoining counties. Highlights include gospel singings at Oak Grove Church and Harmony United Methodist Church, a puppet show at Wheeler Basin Library, and Christmas cantatas at several churches. Community groups host bake sales luncheons and a Christmas party at Burningtree Country Club with multiple school and library events scheduled through the week.
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Wheeler Basin Regional
Morgan County Board of Realtors
Burningtree Country Club
Weather Update for Decatur and Nearby Areas
Decatur area records a Friday high of 64 at 2 pm and a 4 am low of 40. Today's highs near 60s with mid 50s tonight, mid 60s Sunday. Clouds increase with a 30 percent shower chance tonight and Sunday. Unseasonably warm through Monday into the 70s, cooler Tuesday in the 60s, then a Wednesday high near 40.
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Decatur and Vicinity
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